Get yours for just a $5 donation to United Way of Walton County. Stop by our office or contact Kathy Ivie at kivie@waltonemc.com or 770.266.2332 to purchase one!
To view all 12 months, check out our Facebook album.
All photos by Greg Brooks and Heather MaynardThe totals are in and our first annual Willie’s Winter Wonder 5k Run earned $6,215 in cash donations and toy donations to benefit Toys for Tots!
On December 5, 2009, runners of all ages turned out at Walton EMC headquarters as part of the Run and See Georgia Series. The charity fundraiser was a success and next year’s run is on the calendar for December 4, 2010. Thanks to all runners and volunteers for your effort!
To see more photos from the event or to download full resolution photos, visit our Flickr gallery.
We're working on our first ever Walton EMC wall calendar, featuring some of our Walton EMC employees (from line technicians to customer service representatives) at work. It'll also be full of coupons you can use to get discounts and free stuff from local businesses. We thought you might like to check out a little behind-the-scenes look at one of our photo shoots for the calendar:
Calendars will be available for purchase later this year. Right now, we're taking sponsorships from local businesses that would like to be involved - contact Kathy Ivie at 770.266.2332 if you're interested.
We're preparing for our first annual Willie's 5K Winter Wonder Run. Want to join us? Here's what you need to know:
Get the registration form here. For more information, contact Kathy Ivie at 770/266.2332.
See you there!
Once again, Walton EMC and Operation Round Up are offering scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year for incoming college freshmen and veterans.
To qualify for the general scholarship, you must currently be a high school senior or an incoming college freshman with no more than 15 hours of college credit in fall 2010. Your primary residence must be on Walton EMC lines. Ten to 20 $2,500 scholarships will be awarded.
To qualify for the veterans scholarship, you must be a veteran or reservist of the U.S. Armed Forces and your primary residence must be served electricity by Walton EMC. Up to two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded.
For additional criteria and to download applications, visit waltonemc.com.
Check out our 2009 general scholarship recipients:
Operation Round Up is a program that allows Walton EMC customer-owners to elect to "round up" their bill to the next dollar. The money collected from this program is used to further the goals of local nonprofit organization and to help families in need. The funds for these scholarships do not come out of that fund - they were donated by Walton EMC as a result of a law which allows EMCs to donate unclaimed refunds toward community uses. More more info about round up, click here.
Recently, some Walton EMC employees volunteered to decorate hay bales for a project in conjunction with the UGA Cattlemen to benefit a local food bank.
We put our creativity and handy work together to produce these hay bales:
We got in on the vampire craze - sort of - with a vampire bat -
And our robot - any suggestions for names?
What do you think?
If you're in the Athens or Watkinsville area, take a drive down South Milledge Avenue (across from the UGA Livestock Instructional Arena) and check them out.
There will also be a carnival tonight (weather permitting) from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Come and check out the hay bales, enjoy a little trick-or-treating and grab a bite to eat. Admission is one canned good to be donated to the food bank. Check out the Facebook event for more info.
**UPDATE - the carnival has been cancelled due to rain.
See some of the other hay bales (we love the hen!) and a few of us in action in the Athens Banner Herald.
